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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7882431 | Grid system selection supporting device, grid system selection supporting method, and storage medium There is disclosed a grid system selection supporting device comprising: a storage unit that stores use histories for a plurality of grid systems; and an extraction unit that extracts at least one of the plurality of grid systems, based on the use histories. ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7398478 | Controlled non-proportional scaling display An adjustment is made to the size of an original graphic data object in a substantially rectangular original screen to obtain a target graphic data object on a substantially rectangular target screen having a different aspect ratio than that of the original screen. ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7394472 | Combinatorial evaluation of systems including decomposition of a system representation into fundamental cycles One embodiment of the present invention includes a computer operable to represent a physical system with a graphical data structure corresponding to a matroid. The graphical data structure corresponds to a number of vertices and a number of edges that each correspon... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7352915 | Image processing method, image processing apparatus and image pickup apparatus and display apparatus suitable for the application of image processing method A lattice dividing unit determines lattice lines to divide parameters of all points of a picture at every division and supplies distortion correction parameters (distortion correction coordinates) on the lattice points to a distortion correction memory. A polynomial... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349583 | Global motion estimation image coding and processing The invention provides methods for global motion estimation, determining a coarse estimation, and refining a coarse estimation. Embodiments of the invention provide a fast and robust global motion estimation algorithm based on two-stage coarse-to-fine refinement str... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7337392 | Method and apparatus for adapting web contents to different display area dimensions A method is disclosed to generate, while preserving text, image, transactional and embedded presentation constraint information, a minimum set of simplified and navigable web contents from a single web document that is oversized for targeted smaller devices. The met... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7334189 | Displaying method in information processing apparatus that permits execution of either object or task oriented processings A displaying method that makes the following possible: Executing an operation from either of two approaches, i.e. a processing oriented to an object to be processed or a processing oriented to a task to be processed, and effectively dealing with a lot of tasks and v... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318144 | Apparatus and method for interconnecting a processor to co-processors using shared memory An apparatus and method for interfacing a processor to one or more co-processors interface provides a dual ported memory to be used as a message passing buffer between the processor and the co-processors. Both the processor and co-processors can connect asynchronous... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7310439 | Robot having an imaging capability A robot having an imaging capability includes: an imaging device, and at least one actuator separate from the imaging device for moving at least a portion of the robot. The at least one actuator is controllable in response to a control command, the imaging device be... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7277765 | Interactive sound reproducing An audio system attachable to a computer includes a sound reproduction device for producing audible sound from audio signals. The sound reproduction device includes a radio tuner and a powered speaker. The audio system further includes a connector for connecting the... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7224362 | Systems and methods for providing visualization and network diagrams Visualization techniques tools and systems for displaying network diagrams to convey both focus and context to a user of the display. Network diagrams may be displayed to emulate a three dimensional presentation. Network diagrams may be presented with items of inter... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7215337 | Systems and methods for the estimation of user interest in graph theoretic structures Techniques for estimating user interest in graph structures are provided. A graph structure containing at least two nodes, a threshold disinterest value and at least one interesting node within the graph structure are determined. Each determined interesting node is ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7203899 | Systems and methods for assessing user success rates of accessing information in a collection of contents Systems and methods measure the navigability of a web site by determining the rate at which simulated users absorb information scent. This note can be viewed as a measurement of accomplishing the users' information goals. As users reach their target information, the... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7178109 | Process/viewer interface A user interface for viewing reference data associated with a conceptual entity and for execution of one or more complex processes for manipulating the data includes a process panel having one or more on-screen objects for the execution of the complex processes and ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7165226 | Multiple coupled browsers for an industrial workbench Multiple Views of an Industrial Plant are graphically displayed and viewed. A graphical user interface displays the views in corresponding panes or windows of the graphical user interface. The views, being graphical representations of systems of the Industrial Plant... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7136060 | Method for selecting, processing and displaying data or data objects A method for selecting, processing and displaying data or data objects (13 to 16, 21 to 23, 30) that are stored in a predetermined hierarchy in addressable memory locations of a data processing system. The hierarchy has a tree structure with a t... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7126616 | Method and system for processing a non-linear two dimensional spatial transformation An image transformation method for translating a non-linear 2D geometrical transformation into two separable 1D geometrical transformations first determines the inverse of the 2D geometrical transformation to form an inverse 2D geometrical transformation. Then the m... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7111000 | Retrieval of structured documents This disclosure relates to performing a query for a search term of a database containing a plurality of structured documents. Those structured documents that do not include the search term are ferreted or filtered out during an initial search. Matched structured doc... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7104890 | Program, recording medium, game character rendering method, and game apparatus A program which can dynamically and realistically express an impact which a game character rendered by motion data receives is provided. In bullet ball-related processing (S114), determination is made about whether a bullet ball hits either one of node assign... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7106349 | Method and system for enhanced detail-in-context viewing An improved method for display of a transitional region of interest while transitioning between a first region of interest and a second region of interest within visual information on a display screen of a computer. The method comprising the steps of applying a tran... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7068281 | Pixel pages optimized for GLV Methods and apparatus for implementing a pixel page system providing pixel pages optimized for use with a GLV (grating light valve). In one implementation, a system includes: a data source, providing pixel data for pixels in a first order, each pixel in a frame havi... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7062338 | Track access management for large playlists in a vehicular multimedia player An audio multimedia player has dual access modes for navigating between track selections contained in a large storage media, such as a compact disc CD-ROM having compressed audio files. The disc may includes numerous directories for organizing the audio files, but t... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7002604 | Screen rotation The invention method and system provides rotation of an image on a display screen. A graphics library translates on-screen coordinates from a base viewing mode to a desired alternate viewing mode. The translated coordinated are rendered directly to the display scree... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7000199 | Methodology for viewing large strategies via a computer workstation The invention herein draws from the design principles of the field of information visualization and provides a series of design principles for the efficient display of large strategies, based in part upon the use of fish-eye views. Specific principles include any of... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6985638 | Efficient perspective transformation of partial images in composing a single image To compose an image from a plurality of partially overlapping images, both positional movement and perspective transformation are performed using pyramidal data structures. After the positional movement is determined for a unit block of one partially overlapping ima... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6959304 | Method and apparatus for representing multidimensional data The invention is directed towards method and apparatus for representing multidimensional data. Some embodiments of the invention provide a two-layered data structure to store multidimensional data tuples that are defined in a multidimensional data space. These embod... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6901305 | Bonding data setting device and method For facilitating and making more efficient the setting of the operating parameters of a bonding tool that is used to form a wire loop into a desired shape, when an editing handle is dragged, the loop shape of a wire loop line drawing displayed on a display screen is... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6888554 | User interface for bicontextual exploration of a graph A user interface with parameters that can be adjusted to display only a few nodes, in order to facilitate exploration, or many nodes simultaneously, in order to facilitate an user's understanding of a graph of nodes of information. The user interface provides for ex... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6873342 | Method for generating detail directed visibility elements for a graphics model A method generates a detail directed hierarchical representation of orientations of a surface of a graphics model. The surface of the graphics model is partitioned into surface cells, each surface cell enclosing a portion of the surface. The surface cells are stored... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6774911 | Method and apparatus for visual synchronizations between graphical representations of an organization The invention relates to the provision of graphical representations of an organization, said displays generated on a display screen and representing the organization or portions thereof in terms of a graphical; model and a hierarchical structure. The invention allow... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6760040 | Image processing method, image processing apparatus, semiconductor device, computer program and recording medium A technique for expressing an elastic body using computer graphics. The elastic body is expressed by transforming coordinates of shape specific points which specify the shape of an object using a transformation matrix. Each element of the transformation matrix is ex... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6697062 | Reflection space image based rendering The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for reflection space image based rendering of an object at an interactive frame rate. A set of source radiance environment maps associated with a set of source viewing vectors a... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6670965 | Single-pass warping engine A first scanline of an input image is spatially transformed into a first pixel sequence of an output image. Holes in the first sequence are interpolated if magnifying the input image. Overlapping pixels in the first sequence are adjusted if minifying the ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6650339 | Three dimensional modeling and animation system A three dimensional (3D) modeling system for generating a 3D representation of a modeled object on a display device of a computer system. The modeled object is represented by an initial definition of an object and a set of modifiers. Each modifier modifie... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6646652 | System and method for browsing node-link structures based on an estimated degree of interest Method and system to enable a user to view large collections of linked information on a computer based display. A visualization is created which presents a representation of the complete collection of information on the display. The visualization fits com... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6597359 | Hierarchical space subdivision hardware for ray tracing The invention is a method and apparatus for a ray tracer incorporating major functions of ray tracing in hardware. The invention performs the hierarchical space subdivision technique of accelerating a ray tracer, statically or dynamically. The preferred e... | 07/22/2003 |
| 6380947 | Method and apparatus for displaying and tree scrolling a hierarchical data structure Methods and apparatus to display and scroll hierarchical data. A plurality of parent nodes can be displayed within a first display area, with each displayed parent node of the plurality of parent nodes having at least one child node. A computer can determ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 5757379 | Image communicating apparatus providing proper display of received images with facilitated user control An image communication apparatus consists of a transmission section and reception section. The transmission section introduces the image of a text page, generates an image edit instruction for the image in response to the user's action, and transmits the ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5642475 | Apparatus and method for editing graphics or group graphics displayed on a screen and correlated to each other An apparatus and method for editing different graphics displayed on a screen and correlated to each other. More specifically, according to various embodiments of the invention, an apparatus and method are provided for editing a hierarchically structured g... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5594847 | System and method for selecting free form objects associated with a selection region displayed by a computer A method for selecting objects from a ruler provides a simple process for selecting a plurality of free form objects that lie approximately in a line. Free form objects, which are not required to be aligned in rows and columns, are positioned in a window ... | 01/14/1997 |
